5 Month Update

Holy smokes time sure flies by.

Tricks:
Rolls back to belly and belly to back. It just clicked on day and now anytime you lay him down he rolls to his belly. Going to his back isn't as easy on him.
Fake coughing still
Sitting up in everything
Trying to stand in the bumbo - bad idea Pulls to standing when sitting in my lap in the chair. He uses the arm of the chair to pull up.
Sitting unassisted for short periods
Tries sitting up when laying with the slightest incline (like head in a pillow)

Likes:
Highchair, exersaucer, bath tub, cell phone, Tivo remote, hair, faces, all the pets, people, his new little tikes swing, and food.

Dislikes:
Baby Swing, bumbo, rocking, naps, pacifiers, and bottles. Oh and still the car seat.

Wearing a size 6-9 months but all onesie styles are too short and he needs a 12 month. Weighs 17.8 pounds, 26.75 inches, and wearing size 3 huggies diaper. His thighs are so rolly-poly and his knees disappear. His hair is getting longer but is a super fine super soft peach fuz. His eyes still cross a little but are 100% brown now and he right foot still turns in some.

Funny things he does:
Talks with his hands, blanket, your hands, and now the boob in his mouth. He is most talkative when chewing something. Its so cute.
When you help him jump be sinks down and let's you do all the work. He loves it but doesn't understand jumping yet.
There are often times he dive bombs you, mouth wide open - just to chew whatever he gets his mouth on.

Leiland is now a daddy's boy. The other night Tim was .ate so I was swinging Leiland to try to keep him up. He was dozing in and out of sleep till Tim got home. When I grabbed him to put him to bed he was still in his zombie daze. We sat in the chair to rock and he caught a glimpse of Tim, smiled and popped right up. He was so delighted Tim was home.

Still not napping well but improving.































 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weather

Saturday it was 91 degrees, the week before it was in the hundreds still. Today... 52 degrees out with crazy winds gusting at 34 mph. But next week it shows it should be 89 again. I am actually preferring the cooler weather when possible. Leiland looks so cute in his fall wardrobe.

Sleep Training

Ok, so we have been having nap issues for about 3 months now. I know way longer then we need to. Anyway, I started reading the no cry sleep solution, but didn't get a whole lot of spare time. I think I got the gist of it, so we are trying to make some pregress. He was a little out of sorts at night for the past month or so, but it seems to be getting back on track, so we will start trying and hope we make progress before our next vacation in a few weeks.

Today he woke at 6:30, ate, and we got up for the day at 7. We laid in my bed to play with the pups a little and that made him happy. He started getting cranky at 8:15 but I got him to hold out till 9. We sand some songs downstairs till he was relaxed, then went to his room and sang some to the radio till he fell asleep. I placed him in the crib within a minute of him closing his eyes. I turned the radio down but kept it playing along with the noise machine. After 35 minutes of sleeping he started stirring, this is typical. So I quickly went upstairs to get him before he fully woke up. I walked/ rocked him for maybe 4 minutes and he was back to sleep. Its now been 2 hours since he went down and he is starting to toss (has been for 15 minutes) but he hasn't woke up yet. We will try this again later today at the next nap. I really hope getting to him before he fully wakes will help him learn to sleep longer stretches.

Ouch

So Leiland has this new thing he does. He has been biting down on me when nursing, but it was not all the time, so I think he was starting to get pressures from his teeth coming down. Not a huge deal, I usually take him off (and sometimes he screams at me for it). Anyway, now he has started pinching my breast while nursing. Ouch. And recently he decided to combine the two. He will pinch my breast and push away, then chomp down and pull back. He isn't refusing the boob or anything but he keeps doing this. I of course keep telling him no pinching, no biting, take him off. I have even tried holding his hand, but that makes him mad instead. So yeah, lots of fun.

Realization

Leiland finally realized he could roll from his back to his belly. He is getting pretty efficient with it too. Its so cute to watch him and see it finally click for him. I have a video too.

Best buds

Geppetto can be so annoying some times, but I just love watching the love grow between these two. Leiland had just woke from his nap (see the lines on his face) and was happy to cuddle his buddy.

So proud

Today when Leiland napped I made a point to get him in his crib. Well when he was waking up I turned on the video to see if he was going to go back to sleep.

To my surprise I got to watch him roll over on his own. I'm so proud. He then played a little before I have to go get him. My little man is growing up. We will see if he does this more often.


4 months and 10 days and he FINALLY rolled over all on his own.

4 month shots

Are really bothering Leiland. He did ok getting the shots but struggled to go to bed last night, then he woke many times. I think he woke something like 6 times last night. Poor thing was just miserable. I gave him Tylenol before his shots, before bed, at 4:30 this morning, then again at 9:30 this morning. He hasn't felt warm since then and seemed like he was starting to feel better, but then he puked all over my kitchen floor. He fell asleep nursing and I took him off the boob to burp and he started screaming at me. He has done that a few times today. So then he was awake so I gave the reflux meds and we rocked some. He was still cranky so I figure some more Tylenol wouldn't hurt. I gave the first 1/2 and he did ok, but the second little bit he refused then puked everywhere. It came in 3 parts and just keeps coming out. My poor guy hated it, but seems ok now. I'm going to bring him to my bed again tonight and hope he sleeps ok. Its 8pm and he still isn't sleeping.

4 Month Update

This won't be as lengthy as usual, but I'll try to remember everything.

This month I have noticed a huge change in Leiland and his thought process. This is what he is doing these days.
- Reaches for toes

- Can balance pretty good when sitting from left to right, but hasn't mastered the front to back yet

- Fake coughs
- When reaching for something that is too far, he has learned to bend over to get closer

- Loves playing in the high chair
- Can sit really well in restaurant high chairs

- Grabs hair, noses, lips, eyes, and anything else he can reach
- Mastering sucking the thumb
- Babbling more but talking less (if that makes sense)
- Blowing bubbles and gurgling to make bubbles

Leiland loves people, that is SO evident with him. It can be a stranger, man, woman, young, old, child - he loves everyone. He will talk to strangers more than he will talk to me, and he will let anyone hold him. I am aware we are approaching the stage of being afraid of strangers, but he is showing NO signs of this at this point. He also shows no interest to roll over. Even though he sleeps on his belly he refuses to lift up on his arms. He will do it if I put his arms beneath him but never on his own.

Nursing is going mostly well, he seems to prefer my left side and on occasion will refuse my right side. He still nurses to sleep for most nights and many of his naps. We are struggling to get good naps out of him still as well.